## Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism ( January 4, 2007 )

The Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Jason Kenney, had previously removed mention of gay rights from the booklet published in 2009.

The current Minister is The Honourable Jason Kenney.

* May 30 – Jason Kenney, politician and Minister

Jason T. Kenney, PC, MP ( born May 30, 1968 ) is Canada's current Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism.

Following the Conservative victory in the 2006 general election, Kenney was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Prime Minister of Canada.

Kenney has held the post of Minister for Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism since October 30, 2008.

Kenney has held the post of Minister for Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism since October 30, 2008.

Canada's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Jason Kenney, Termed as " unfortunate " the incidents involving use of " foul language by the Canadian High Commission in visa rejection letters to some individuals ", Kenney said, " This language, or the inaccurate impression it has created, in no way reflects the policy or position of the Government of Canada.

The current Minister of Citizenship and Immigration is Jason Kenney.

Jason Kenney Minister for Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism said the following in the House of Commons of Canada on June 10, 2010: " That's why we must protect the values of Canadian citizenship and must take steps against those who would cheapen it .... We will strengthen the new limitation on the ability to acquire citizenship for the second generation born abroad.

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney appearing on CTV's Power Play on February 11, 2009 said he expected a reduction in the number of temporary foreign workers coming to Canada for 2009.

Formal discussions on the form of apology and redress began on March 24, 2006, with a preliminary meeting between Chinese Canadians representing various groups ( including some head tax payers ), heritage minister Bev Oda, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister Jason Kenney resulting in the " distinct possibility " of an apology being issued before July 1, 2006, to commemorate the anniversary of the enacting of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1923.

In February 2009, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced that he would review and possibly reduce or eliminate federal funding to the Canadian Arab Federation ( CAF ) after its president criticized Kenney's pro-Israel position in the 2008-2009 Israel-Gaza conflict.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the decision after lobbying by veterans groups and then-Parliamentary Secretary Jason Kenney.

In December 2011, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced a policy directive that Muslim women must remove niqabs throughout the citizenship ceremony where they declare their Oath of Allegiance.

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney denied the suggestion of political interference, saying he had no personal knowledge of the matter until it was reported by the media.

On 16 November 2009, Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney issued a statement that Canada will not apologise to child migrants.

After the apology by the Australian government, the Canadian Immigration Minister, Jason Kenney, said

Ordinary methods of diplomacy within the free world are inadequate, said the former Prime Minister.

The Solomons ' Minister of Foreign Affairs Patterson Oti said that Solomon Islander doctors would " learn from their Cuban colleagues in specialized areas ".

In February 2006, UK Prime Minister Blair, acknowledging that the EPRDF has won the election, said he wanted to see Ethiopia resolve its internal problems and continue on a democratic path.

Military engineers would be transferred to the Regional Development Ministry, said Home Affair Minister Josefa Vosanibola, and the reduction of the Military forces would coincide with an increase in the numbers of the police force.

On 13 April 2005, Fiji's Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase, rejected criticism from Australia and some other countries over the prosecution and imprisonment of two foreigners charged with committing homosexual acts, which are illegal in Fiji, and said that other countries needed to respect Fiji's independence.

Susan Boyd, a former Australian High Commissioner to Fiji, strongly criticized the legislation, but Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said that it is an " internal matter " and that Australia does not want to get involved.

Downer said that he intended to elaborate further on Australian Prime Minister John Howard's promise of a seven-year extension of the SPARTECA – TCF scheme, which assists Fiji's textile, clothing, and footwear industry.

About the coup, Australia's Foreign Minister at the time, Alexander Downer, said that the military were " slowly trying to take control " and pressure the PM to resign.

Stephen Smith, Australian Foreign Minister, rejected any accusations of meddling in Fiji's affairs and said that he was " deeply disappointed " by Fiji's actions.

The then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said that he would maintain his tough stance against Fiji in order to prevent a " coup culture " spreading around the Pacific.

Jia Qinglin, chairman of the People's Political Consultative Conference ( CPPCC ), was dispatched to Fiji and met Prime Minister Qarase during a brief stopover on 21 – 22 May, a move that Tavola said was not coincidental.

The meeting with Bainimarama attracted some media attention ; Bainimarama said that the meeting had been approved by Prime Minister Qarase and that there was nothing underhand about it.

Helen Clark said that the Fijian constitution only allowed the President to request the dissolving of Parliament if the Prime Minister no longer had the confidence of the Parliament and that this was clearly not the case.

New Zealand's Foreign Minister Murray McCully said that " Diplomatic relations with Fiji are roughly the same they have been for the last couple of years unfortunately " and that " we have had our ups and downs and unfortunately today they are down ".

On 29 June, Foreign Minister Tavola said that Fiji was " running out of patience " and that he was writing to the government of Vanuatu in what he called a " final gesture of friendship.

Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel, Danny Ayalon, said the conference was a " serious blow to peace " and " was another lost opportunity for the Palestinian leadership to adopt moderate views.

Speaking in Carlow in June 2010, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and Green Party leader John Gormley said the Labour Party is coming very close to being the " Father Ted of Irish politics " because, according to Gormley, they have no policies.

Speaking at the 2007 budget session, Peter Caruana, the Chief Minister said " The scale of Gibraltar's economic success makes it one of the most affluent communities in the entire world.

Israel Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz has, however, said that Hezbollah abducted the soldiers and then killed them.

And while Arab League head Amr Moussa declared that Syrian president Assad promised him a phased withdrawal over a two year period, the Syrian Information Minister Mahdi Dakhlallah said Mr Moussa had misunderstood the Syrian leader.

In August 2008 Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi signed an agreement to pay Libya $ 5 billion over 25 years – this was a " complete and moral acknowledgement of the damage inflicted on Libya by Italy during the colonial era ", the Italian prime minister said.

This German version is said to be " over 60, 000 times as powerful as Britain's great pre-war joke ", a reference to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and his speech concerning the Munich Agreement.

On August 6, 2008, Mauritania's presidential spokesman Abdoulaye Mamadouba said President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed Waghf and the interior minister, were arrested by renegade Senior Mauritanian army officers, unknown troops and a group of generals, and were held under house arrest at the presidential palace in Nouakchott.

On August 6, 2008, Mauritania's presidential spokesman Abdoulaye Mamadouba said President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed Waghf and the interior minister, were arrested by renegade Senior Mauritanian army officers, unknown troops and a group of generals, and were held under house arrest at the presidential palace in Nouakchott.

In an interview on the BBC, George Fernandes, former Indian Defence Minister and prominent Burma critic, said that Coco Island was part of India until it was donated to Burma by former Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru.